By TMJ Reporter in Karatina
The Great Northern
Kenya Corridor will pass through Karatina town,
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has
said.
The 84 kilometers road will Pass through the
town, with the authority’s Director General Eng Peter Mundinia clarifying to
erase confusion from the public, that the town will not benefit from the Sh40billion project.
Mundinia denied that
the design of the Dual Carriageway would exclude the major town along the
superhighway corridor.
Mundinia, and board
Chairman Eng Wangai Ndirangu said the planned bypass was just a viable option
to going through the town.
go through Karatina Town, and the people have no problem with our plans to
acquire land in the area to pave way for the road,” said Mundinia.
construct the bypasses along the stretch to ensure there was an alternative
route.
“This to ensure that
we have a formidable plan for the future
should there be high population
in the areas,” he said.
He noted the Authority
had already forwarded the land KeNHA was interested in acquiring for government
acquisition.
Karatina- Marwa- Chaka- Nanyuki- Isiolo is part of the Great North Road from
Mombasa, designed to connect with Ethiopia and proceed to Cairo in Egypt.
and Marwa will take 36 months to complete.
The contractors are on-site working on
diversions not to disrupt the flow of vehicles once the project kicks off.
KeNHA has appointed two contractors to work on
the first phase of the project.
Last week, Transport and Infrastructure
Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the contractors will do an additional 48
kilometer to tarmack the markets centres
that are on the highway.
A
trauma center will also be constructed in Makutano area as part of the social corporate strategy
by the contractors.
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